Villaraigosa hasn't held office since 2013. That's a problem for the former mayor, who is at the bottom of the polls.

Public opinion polls – to say nothing of the election last year of Zohran Mamdani, a member of the Democratic Socialists of ...

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In 2022, when I was a new mother, I joined a local parent group. It met in-person once a week, but, thanks to WhatsApp, it was actually an all-hours endeavor — and this was ideal, given our sleepless ...